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CFTT16
| SITE: CFTT 16 | Site: Flynns Creek |
| Location: APP species/seedlot trial VRV 147 | Aust. Soil Class.: Melacic, Humosesquic, Aeric PODOSOL (f. Brown KUROSOL?) |
| Great Soil Group: podsol | Tech. Class: 022-2-43/1-2-3-12 |
| General Landscape Description: 5% slope to north-west | Geology: Late Tertiary sediments |
| APP Mapping Unit: Flynn | |
CFTT15-16 Landscape
Soil Profile Morphology:
Surface Soil
| A1 | 0 – 20 cm | Very dark grey (10YR3/1); loamy sand; single grained; very weak consistence moist; clear smooth transition to: |  CFTT16 Profile |
| Subsoil | |||
| Bhs | 20 – 50 cm | Light yellowish brown (10YR6/4); loamy sand; single grained; very many ferruginous-organic nodules (less than 60 mm); clear and smooth transition to: | |
| 2A | 50 – 90 cm | Reddish yellow (7.5YR6/6); coarse sand; massive; slightly fine gravelly subrounded quartz; very firm dry; abrupt and smooth transition to: | |
| 2B | 90 – 100 cm | Strong brown (7.5YR5/6) with many, coarse, distinct, red (2.5YR5/6) mottles; sandy medium clay; weak coarse polyhedral structure; slightly fine gravelly subrounded quartz; strong consistence moist; gradual and smooth transition to: | |
| 2C | 100 – 150 cm | Strong brown (7.5YR5/6) with many, coarse, distinct, red (2.5YR5/6) mottles, sandy medium clay; massive; slightly fine gravelly subrounded quartz; strong consistence moist. | |
Key Profile Features:
- Medium depth of sandy surface horizon
- Many ferruginous-organic nodules (‘coffee rock’) in upper subsoil (ie. Bhs horizon)
- Sandy clays continue to 2 metres depth. This is a very shallow version of the Flynn Sand soil type.
Profile described by: Ian Sargeant, Mark Imhof and Justin Wong (9/6/99)
